Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate have cast further doubt on Prince Andrew's account of when he cut ties with the convicted sex offender and his denials about meeting his accuser Virginia Giuffre. The emails, published by the US House oversight committee, show communications between the former prince, Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011, months after Andrew claimed to have ended his relationship with Epstein.
In one email, Andrew wrote to Epstein and Maxwell: “I can’t take any more of this,” in response to allegations put to him by the Mail on Sunday. Another email from Epstein appears to confirm the veracity of a photograph of Andrew with a then-17-year-old Giuffre, taken in 2001. Epstein wrote: “Yes, she was on my plane and yes, she had her photo taken with Andrew, as many of my employees have.”
Andrew had previously suggested in a 2019 BBC Newsnight interview that the photograph may have been doctored and that he had no memory of it being taken. Giuffre alleged in her posthumous memoir that she was forced to have sex with Andrew on three occasions. Andrew denies all allegations.
The emails also show Andrew asking Epstein how he planned to respond to the Mail on Sunday's inquiry, with Epstein replying: “Im not sure how to respond, the only person she didn’t have sex with was Elvis.” Andrew later told Maxwell: “This has NOTHING to do with me. I can’t take any more of this.”
Epstein discussed Giuffre with a journalist, calling her a “total liar” but acknowledging the photograph. Andrew’s links to Epstein led to King Charles stripping him of his titles. Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial; Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2022.
